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C. JULY 25. 1908!\nNO. 50\nTo Reduce Cost\nof Clearing Land\nPractical Demonstrations and Suggestions Given\nat Convention\u2014.By-products Prove\nProfitable.\nROYALLY ENTERTAINS.\nPractically every county in Western\nWashington, several districts of British\nColumbia and Oregon, and every town\nand community of Snohomish county,\nhad representatives among the 200 or\nmore delegates who attended the log-\nged-off lands convention in Everett,\nWash., on Tuesday of last week.\nThe discussion, illustration and\ndemonstration of new ideas and mechanical devices by scientific and practical men will, in the expressed opinion\nof many present,   in  the  near future,\n\u2022 lead to success.\nGovernment Interest.\nThat the govornment of British Columbia attaches great importance to\nthe question of utilizing, and making\nproductive, logged-off lands was evidenced in the attendance of R. E. Gos-\nnell and Herbert  Carmichael  says the\n* special   correspondent of   the   Seattle\nPost-Intelligener. The former is one\nof the best known c.t'zens of British\nColumbia and enjoys a wide reputation\nas a writer. He took hold of the biggest undertaking in the clearing line\neVtr thought of in the West, has secured 150,000 acres of logged-off land\non Vancouver island from the Canadian\nPacific railway and is preparing to\nclear this immense tract and make it\nfit for agricultural purposes. Mr. Gos-\nnell's off-hand address was one of the\nmost practical and instructive of the\nday. He attended the convention as\na special representative of the provincial government. Mr. Carmichael,\nprovincial assayer and chemist, has\ngiven considerable attention to the\nscientific problem which the convention\nconsidered.\nAn   Experiment.\nProf. H. K. Benson, of the Uuniver-\nsity of Washington, discussed the\n\"Chemical Utilization of Woods\" in\npart as follows:\n\"For the purpose of an experiment\na galvanized still of two-barrel capacity was constructed, provided with\na suitable inlet for steam and connected with a ten-tube condenser. About\n100 pounds of cedar leaves and twigs\nwere gathered and placed in the still,\nand steam from the heating system of\nthe building was then turned into the\ninlet. The steam rising upward\nthrough the cedar branches carried\nwith it a volatile oil, which upon condensation floated upon the water in the\nreceiver underneath the condenser.\nThe oil thus obtained amounts to about\n1 per cent, by weight of the green\ntwigs taken. When subjected to careful fractional distillation it was found\nthat 75 per cent, of it boiled within a\nvery small range of temperature between 190 degrees C. to 202 degrees C.\nThis fact indicates that it is quite free\nfrom the terpenes which are so abundant in the coniferous trees. Only\nabout 3 per cent, belongs to the ter-\npene fraction obtained below 175 degrees C.. and it was found that pinene\nwas one of the constituents of this\nfraction. In the fractions boiling between 190 degrees to 203 degrees two\nsubstances were obtained, known as\nthujone and fenchone.    The fraction\nFOR SALE OR RENT\nNew four-roomed cottage, 28x28, on\nCreamery road. Good terms on purchase.    Apply to A. W. Neill.       junl3\nboiling above 203 degrees C. was found\nto contain borneol, which is one of\nthe commercial sources of camphor.\nThese three substances are of commercial value,' and can be separated\nfrom the crude oil at a small cost.\nThujone at present is obtained from\nthuja oil, which is quoted in Merck's\nindex at 69 cents per pound. It is\nused for external applications and for\nperfumes. \u25a0, It is likely that if the thujone were converted into thujyl alcohol it might become the basis of a\nlarge variety of synthetic perfumes.\nFenchone is at present obtained from\noil of fennel, is used in medicine, and\nits price is $1.84 per pound. The price\nof borneol is quoted by Merck at $1.75\nper ounce. Under these conditions it\nwould seem that the crude oil obtained\nas above described would easily be\nworth from 50 cents to $1 per pound\nA simple calculation will show what a\nsource of help the marketing of this\noil might prove to be in the clearing\nof logged-off lands. Assume that in\nan acre of underbrush two cedar\nbushes, each yielding 100 pounds of\ntwigs and leaves, grow upon each\nsquare rod. At this rate, each acre\nwould yield 16 tons of twigs and\nleaves, or about 320 pounds of oil.\nThis would mean a gross income oi\nfrom $160 to $320 per acre.\nFir Leaves.\n\"In the paper under review, the same\nmethod was followed with fir leaves,\nand the yield of oil was about the\nsame. The oil obtained has a greenish\nyellow color, and an odor resembling\noil of lemon. When subjected to fractional distillation it was found that\nnearly all of the oil boiled below 170\ndegrees C, showing that it consisted\nlargely of terpenes. It was found that\nabout 40 per cent, of the crude oil is\ncamphene, while about 32 per cent, of\nit is borneol. Both of these constituents are intermediate steps in the production of synthetic camphor. The\nlatter industry has never proved highly successful, partly on account of the\ncamphor monopoly, but more largely,\nperhaps, because it depended upon turpentine as its source of supply. In the\ncamphene and borneol of the Northwest, however, it seems as though a\nhitherto overlooked source of camphor\nmight be utilized. The cost of steam\ndistillation is not very h'gh.\nThe Oregon Grape.\n\"The third paper submitted dealt\nwith a series of experiments which\nwould indicate that in the Oregon\ngrape, so common on this Coast, is\nfound an alkaloid which is of great\nuse for medicinal purposes. If the\nroots and bark of the Oregon grape\nwere collected and dried, they could\nbe sold at a small but reasonable\nrecompense, and these bushes, which\nnow are cast aside'as worthless, might\nbe made one of the several factors\nwhich are necessary for the economi-\nj cal clearing of our Western lands.\"\nFactors Overlooked.\nGeorge G. Leavette, a manufacturing\nchemist who has had wide experience\nin the manufacture of heavy chemicals\ndiscussing \"The Portable Retort Adapt-\nRichard   Clarke   Provides   Good   Time\nFor Numerous  Friends.\nA large party, notable for a predominance of youth, beauty and congeniality, held joyous sway in Water-\nhouse's hall, New Alberni, last night\nand this morning\u2014the earlier part of\nthe morning.\nThe occasion was a dance and supper\ngiven by Richard Clarke in honor of\nMrs. Lowe and Miss Abray, of Vancouver, who are guests of his sisters.\nThere were about forty couples present, and splendidly they enjoyed themselves. Every detail for the royal entertainment of his numerous friends\nhad been arranged by Mr. Clarke, and\nthe result was one of the most brilliant\nsocial functions ever held in Alberni.\nThe supper, which was a feature of\nthe affair, was served in the dining-\nroom of the King Edward hotel.\nSomas   Hotel   Is Formally  Opened\nContract for New House.\nThe contract for building a new and\nhandsome residence for Thomas Paterson has been awarded to George\nForrest who, on Thursday, commenced\nexcavation work. The houses will be\ntwo stories, nine rooms, and a basement, and will be flitted with all modern\nconveniences. The site is opposite the\nAlberni school, and the building will\nface the Nanaimo road. Mr. Paterson,\nwho has resigned his position as light\nkeeper at Cape Beale, will move, with\nhis family, to Alberni on or about September 1.\nOn Monday, July 20, the Somas\nhotel, New Alberni, was formally opened to the public, and the Terminal\nTown can now boast of having the\nmost attractive hotel on Vancouver\nIsland, Victoria alone excepted.\nThe Somas, in style and plan, very\nmuch resembles the class of hotel that\nis maintained by the Canadian Pacific\nRailway company in the Selkirk and\nRocky mountains.\nSpace, air, and light are features\nthat strike one on first entering the\nhouse. Convenience, comfort and\ngood taste appeal to the guest at every\nturn.\n\"Perfectly charming!\" exclaim the\nlady visitors.\n\"Cheerful,\" say the less demonstrative men, who are tempted to linger\namong the unique comforts.\nIt is a hotel a little in advance of the\ntimes, and is a credit to the enterprise\nof A. E. Waterhouse the owner.\nClifford Wise, late of the Cowichan\nBay hotel, is manager of the Somas a\nfact that assures guests of the very\nbest attention.\nThe bu'lding is erected on a site\ncommanding a fine view of the harbor\nand the snow-clad peaks surrounding\nGreat Central Lake, and is four stories\nhigh, not including basement and attic.\nThere  are forty-two bedrooms in the\nSays Its Feasible.\nThat most of the timber from the\ndistrict around Great Central Lake will\nbe brought to Alberni, for manufacture,\nby way of the stamp and Somas rivers\nis the opinion of W. J. Sutton, the well\nknown geologist and mining engineer,\nwho was in Alberni on Monday on his\nway to Victoria from Ucluelet. Mr.\nSutton knows the Stamp river well\nhaving first explored it twenty years\nago, and he says the scheme to improve it for log driving is feasible.\nElk Wanders.\nA bull elk that had evidently wandered from its usual haunts was seen\non the north side of Cameron lake by\nan automobile party consisting of John\nW. Coburn, Mrs. Coburn, Miss Ramsey, Nanaimo, and Miss Nellie Smith,\nSt. John, N. B., on the way from Nanaimo to Alberni last Saturday afternoon.\n(Continued on Page Four.)\nClearing in Qualicum.\nAbout one hundred workmen are now\nengaged in the Qualicum district laying\nout 1200 acres of C. P. R. land for\nclearing operations which are to be\ncommenced shortly. H. E. Beasley,\nassistant to General Executive Marpole,\ninspected the progress of the work on\nTuesday of this week.\nWork at Sidney Inlet.\nA gang of men, and a large shipment\nof supplies, were landed from the Tees\nat Sidney Inlet on Tuesday, and operations at the Indian Chief mine are being\nresumed on a larger scale than ever.\nAnnual Picnic.\nThe annual picnic of the Sunday\nSchool of Saint Andrew's Presbyterian\nchurch will be held next Thursday on\nthe grounds across the river.\nhouse, with bath  rooms  and toilets on\neach floor.\nIn every room there is an electric\nbell communication with the office.\nA large drawing-room opens onto a\nspacious verandah, and the dining-room\nwhich is capable of accommodating 60\nguests, commands a splendid open view\nof the scenery to the north, east and\nwest.\nThe hotel is lighted with gas, and\nhas hot air radiators throughout.\nSpecial attention has been given to\nescapes in case of fire which are through\nFrench windows opening to wide\nbalconies from the halls on  each floor.\nThe sanitary arrangements are most\ncomplete and up-to-date and abundance\nof water is supplied from a deep well\nto tanks in the attic holding 1000 gallons.\nExtra well lighted sample rooms for\ntravelers are provided in the basement,\nwhere is also to be seen a large ice\nstore, larders, steam laundry, heating\nplant, etc.\nGuests arriving by motor car will\nfind ample garage accommodation.\nNOTICE OF MEETING.\nA meeting for the purpose of completing the organization of a Rod and\nGun   club  will  be  held in the Court\nj House this  evening   commencing   at 8\nj o'clock.\nMethodist  Services.\nRev. G. A. Love, of Vancouver, arrived in Alberni on Tuesday, and is or-\ngan:zing church services in this district on behalf of the Methodist church.\nHe announces that he will hold a regular Sunday evening sarvice at New Alberni, in Waterhouse's hall, commencing tomorrow. Other announcements\nwill be made later. Mr. Love will, for\nthe present, make his headquarters in\nNew Alberni.\nGarden Party.\nThe garden party, given by the\nLadies Aid of St. Andrews Presbyter-\nan church Thursday afternoon and\nevening, was well patronized and\ngreatly enjoyed by all who attended.\nThe ladies who conducted refreshment\nand fancy goods tables did a thriving\nbusiness, and by 9 o'clock in the evening their stocks were almost exhausted.\nIt is announced in the Victoria Colonist of Tuesday that Thomas Paterson, light-keeper at Cape Beale, has\nresigned.\nChallenger  Retires.\nThe fifteen days allowed for the acceptance of Joseph Drinkwater's challenge for an all-round athletic contest\nexpired on Monday without any one\nhaving taken it up. The $100 deposited by Mr. Drinkwater was returned to\nhim on Tuesday morning, when he announced h's retirement from the athletic arena.\nDr. Kerr, dentist, will remain in Alberni about ten days longer, leaving by\nthe \"first boat in August for Victoria.\nHe is not likely to make another trip\nthis year so consult him without delay.\nFOR SALE, CHEAP-Team of general\npurpose horses, wagon and harness.\nFor further particulars enquire at\nPioneer News office.\nFOR  SALE-Milk  cow with  calf one\nweek old.   Apply to Wm. Nicholas.\nGIRL WANTED-Competent girl or\nwoman for general house Work. Plain\ncook. Wages, $25 per! month. Address, P.O. box 126, Chemainus, B.C.\nProgress of Work on E. & N. Extension\nWork on the big trestle which is to\ncross the gulch, about two miles this\nside of Wellington, on the right-of-way\nfor the Alberni extension of the E. &\nN. Railway, was commenced this week.\nThe trestle will be 1500 feet in length\nand 50 feet high in the center. Over\nhalf a million feet of lumber will be\nused in the construction.\nJohn Bright, the contractor for the\n11J miles of grading from Wellington\nto the head of Nanoose Bay, has now\nabout two hundred men engaged, and\nwork is^ progressing most satisfactorily.\nMost of the light grading has been\nfinished, but there is a large rock cut\nat Green Lake, close to where the big\ntrestle is being built, that will hold the\ntrack layers back for four or five months\nyet. About fifty thousand yards of rock\nhas to be removed.\nThe survey party that recently moved\nfrom Cameron Lake to Parksville is\nbusy laying out the work for the graders\non the next section which reaches to\nthis side of French Creek. It is expected that the contract for this work\nwill be let early next month. The\nbuilding of three long trestles, over\nBeaver Creek, Englishman's River and\nFrench Creek, will be included in the\nundertaking, and it is estimated that\n1,500,000 feet of timber will be required for them.\nMrs. Wood and Miss Wood, of New\nWestminster, are visiting relatives in\nNew Alberni.\n I\nSaturday, July 25. 1908\nALBERNI PIONEER NEWS\nPAGE   2\nPIONEER NEWS.\nPublished at Alberni, B. C.\nevery Saturday.\nR. J. Burde.   -    -\nand issued\nEditor.\nSubscription Rate,     -     $2.00 per year\nAlberni, B. C, July 25, 1908.\n\"WHEAT  BELT\"   RASCAL.\nM. B. Martin, the smooth gentleman\nwho induced a number of the business\npeople of Alberni to buy advertising\nspace, on the cash-in-advance system,\nin a magazine that he called the Wheat\nBelt Review, and whose whereabouts\nand movements  have  been   a mystery I electionF is now  on  his way to Vienna\nissue, was productive of some ideas\nthat look good for practical use in this\nand other parts of British Columbia.\nThe fact that the Provincial government showed an interest in the proceedings may be accepted as a promise that any scheme, or combination of\nschemes, feasible along the line of reducing the cost of converting forests\ninto agricultural land will be encouraged. \t\nHon. A. B. Aylesworth, the Dominion cabinet minister who heard the furious roar of the west against his proposition to confer dictatorial powers on\nLiberal partizans, in the matter of deciding who should have the privilege of\nvoting   at  the    forthcoming    genera!\nto them for some weeks past, has been\nbrought to the surface in Vancouver.\nSome people whom he had employed to\ndo work for him had him before a mag-\nto consult an ear specialist. Other\nministers who have l'stened to the\nvoice of the electorate, of late, would,\nno doubt also like to be convinced   that\nLAND ACT.\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Barclay.\nTake Notice that Nels Magnuson of\nSouris, North Dakota, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to\npurchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nnorth-east corner of the Aklow Indian\nReserve at the head of Nitinat Lake;\nthence north 40 chains, thence east 60\nchains more or less to the Nitinat river,\nthence following the river and lake\nshore in a south westerly direction to\nthe point of commencement, containing\n120 acres more or less.\nDate, June 6, 1908.\nNels Magnuson.\nLAND ACT.\nALBERNI   LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Barclay.\nTake Notice that Ludvig J. Mork, of\nSouris, North Dakota, occupation merchant, intends to apply for permission\nto purchase the following described\nlands:\u2014\nCommenc'ng at a post planted at the\nSouth-east corner of the Ind'an reserve\non the northwest shore of Nitinat lake,\nadjoining timber l'mit number 15843:\nthence 10 chains north, thence 55 chains\neast,   thence  about 20 chains south to\n. ,    .    .    \u25a0     ,       ,    ,    , \u2022 \u201e the shore of Nitinat  lake,   thence  fol-\nistrate trying to get what  was coming , the unp]easant sound is du3 to defects ,owjng the   ]ake  shore  jn  a westerly\nto them.   After hearing the complaints  0f ^eir hearing apparatus      After the 'cMrect on  to  the   point of commence-\n..           .       ,      , .   , _    . ... \u00bb\u00bb\u25a0\u201e_                           \u00b0 ment, contain'ng 82 acres more or less,\nthe court rendered judgment that Mar- j resuIts of the campaign are marked up \"  '     '\ntin was a rascal. j tnev w;i] a]i likely to go  ahunting eye\nThe  judicial   opinion   has  been  en- j specialists.\nDate, June 10, 1908.\nLudvig J. Mork.\ndorsed by the editor of the Saturday\nSunset who says:\n\"I have before me a budget of letters from secretaries of Boards of\nTrade and others in the prairie provinces giving deta;ls of this individual's\noperations, which show that if he is\nnot a nervy fakir he comes so close to\nthat definition that the margin between\nfaking and straight business is 'hard to\ndiscern.''\n\"Martin has been making contracts\nin Vancouver for a number of his magazine which he says will appear next\nSeptember. In as many cases as he\nfinds his dupes foolish enough to pay\nhim he collects in advance. As he has\nnot yet published several numbers\nwhich should have appeared several\nmonths ago, for prairie towns, the\nchances that his Vancocver* number\nwill appear on schedule time are not\nbright. The point for Vancouver business men to remember, and one which\nit may be to their interest to bear in\nmind, is that Martin is not a very safe\nman to whom to entrust payment in\nadvance on any promise he may make.\nFor those who have already given him\ncontracts and cash there will be little\nsympathy. They were easy and deserve to be taken in.\n\"It is a safe proposition that when a\nsmooth stranger strikes a business man\nfor payment in advance for anything in\nthe line of an advertising scheme that\nhe should be promptly shown the door.\nNo man who is responsible or in a legitimate business n3eds payment in advance, and the fact that he asks for it\nshould be taken as proof that, his business is not one to command the confidence of business men. No responsible house would think of paying an\nestablished newspaper in advance.\nThen why pay an irresponsible stranger on the strength of his own unsupported promises.\nGoodeve Nominated.\nLAND ACT.\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Nootka.\nTake    Notice  that J.   Herrick  Mc-\nThe Convention for Kootenay, held in f egor,_ of Victoria  B.. C,  occupation\nNelson on Tuesday of this week, unanimously chose A. S. Goodeve, of Ross-\niand, as candidate for the Dominion\nHouse. Mr. Goodeve is a brother of\nMrs. W. H. Marcon of Alberni.\nSaskatchewan Elections.\nThe parliament of Saskatchewan was\ndissolved on Monday of this week, and\nthe elections are to be held on Aug. 14.\nSURVEYING.\nH. H. BROWNE, civil and mining engineer, and Provincial land surveyor,\nhas opened an office in Albern'. and\nis prepared to receive orders for\nwork in any part of the district.\nGEORGE   A.   SMITH,  C.  E.,  B. C.,, .   , \u201e .,\nLand Surveyor.     Surveys  of timber! due wef* of the  fl00*        \u2022      *.\nlimits, mineral claims, and land sub- nvev'  then\"e north 40 cha,ns' thence\nLand Surveyor, intends to aj.ply for\npermission to lease the following described land:\u2014\nCommencing at a post planted 700\nfeet west from J. Herrick McGregor's\nS E corner, thence west 40 c.iain?,\nthence south 40 chains, thence east 40\nchains, thence north 40 chams to po nt\nof commencement.\nJ. Herrick McGregor.\nDate, May 26, 1908. junl3\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Nootka.\nTake Notice that J. Herrick McGregor, of Victoria. B. C, occupation\nLand Surveyor, intends to apply for\npermission to lease the following\ndescribed land:\u2014\nCommencing at a post planted 300\nfeet due west from the mouth of Extravagant creek which flaws SDuLh-\neasteny into Thasis canal at its northwest shore, and its mouth is 300 feet\nof the Thasis\nRIDGWAY'S\n\"Old Country\" Tea, 50 cents per pound\nRIDGWAY'S\n\"S-O'Clock\" Tea, 60 cents per pound\nRIDGWAY'S\nTea \"Her Majesty's Blend,\" $1 per pound\nAT  THE\nAlberni Trading Store\nRidgway's 5-0'Clock Tea in 3-lb Tins.\nAlberni Hotel\nTourist,    Commercial,    Lumber\nand Mining Men's Resort.\nTable the Best.\nStrictly First-Class\nRATES   \"    MODERATE\nJOS. ROGERS 8c CO.  PROPS.\nTHE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA.\nIncorporated 1869.\nHEAD OFFICE - - MONTREAL.\nCapital Paid up and Reserve, $8,290,000.     Total Assets, $48,Q0O,C0O.\nA General Banking Business Transacted.\nV4\ndivis ons.\nAlberni.\nAddress,   P. O.   Box  23,\nThe Dominion House of Commons\nwas prorogued on Monday. The general elections wiil, according to the\nlatest well-founded rumor, be held in\nSeptember. Rights are reserved for a\nfew more guesses.\nIn reply to an invitation to attend a\nSocialistic meeting, Frank Shepherd,\nthe Conservative nominee for Nanaimo,\ngave the following as one of his reasons for not accepting: '\"While not\nwishing to evade any questions pertinent to the issues of the day, and especially so much of Socialism as may\nbe admitted as pertaining thereto, I do\nnot think that the abstruse problems\nof Socialism have sufficient bearing upon the issues of the coming campaign\nas to be of paramount importance.\"\nThe \"Logged-off Lands\" convention,\nheld recently at Everett, Wash., a partial report   of   which   is  given in this\nA. B. WOOD.\nCONTRACTOR    &   BUILDER.\nNEW ALBERNI.\nPlans drawn and submitted.\nwest 40 chams, thenco north 4J chai is,\nthence west 80 cha ns, thence south 40\nchains, thence east 40 cha ns, thence\nsouth 40 chains, thence east 80 chains\nto point of commencement.\nJ. Herrick McGregor.\nDate, May 25, 1908. jun!3\nPainting\nSign Writing\nPaper Hanging\nI have established a business in\nAlberni, and am prepared to execute\nall orders promptly.\nNone but competent tradesmen employed as assistants.\nWm. Ash.\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Clayoquot.\nTake nolke that Margaret A. Sharpies, of Vancouver, intends to apply for permission to lease\nthe follow ing1 desciibed foreshore and  tidal tanas:\nCommencing: at a post planted on or near the\nnorth east corner of Lot 295, at the mouth of Nahmint river, Alberni canal, thence 60 cnains east\nmore or less ti> low wjater mark, thence north to\nnoith shore of Nahmint Bay 30 chains more or\nless, thence following shore and south boundary\nof Indian reserve up the river v. est to north boundary of lot 296, thence following said boundarj\nline east to point of commencement, containing an\narea of 150 acres more or less.\nThe lease applied for is for mill site and booming ground.\nMARGARET A. SHARPLES,\nWilliam Burdett Garrard, agent\nDate, May 27, 1908. Juni\nAddress:\nARLINGTON     HOTEL.\nPhotographs\nLargest and best assorted collection\nof scenic photographs of points on the\nAlberni Canal, Barkley Sound, and the\nwhole West Coast.\nExploration parties accompanied.\n*\nBleu Print, work.\nOrders promptly executed.\nLEONARD FRANK   -   ALBERNI\nLAND   ACT\nALIiEKNl LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Clayoquot.\nTake Notke that P.A. Hovelaque, of Clayoquot,\noccupation farmer, intends to apply for permission ta lease the following describe:! land:\nCommencing at a post planted at the north east\ncorner of the Kelsemart Indian reserve, Vargas\nIsland, thence west 170 chains, more or less, to\nshore of Open Biy, thence north tO chai,is following the shore line, thence east 120 chains, thence\nsouth 20 chains, thence east 55 chains, more oi\nloss, to shore, thence south 40 chains following\nshore to point of commencement, and containing\n940 acres more or \"ess.\nPIERRE ALEXIS HOVELAQUE.\nDate, June 20, 1908.\nLAND   ACT\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT\nDistrict of Clayoquot.\nTake Notice that P.A. Hovelaque, of Clayoquot,\noccupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described land:\nCommencing at a post planted at the south west\ncornerof Kelsemart Indian reserve, Vargas Island, thence west SO chains, thence north 40\nchains, thence east 80 ceains to the N. W. corner\nof Indian reserve, thence soutii 40 chains following west boundary of Indian r-eserve to point of\ncommencement, and containing 320 acres more or\nless.\nPIERRE ALEXIS HOVELAQUE.\nDate, June 20, 19(8.\nSavings\nthe h'ghest current rate.\nBanking by Mail\nregarding all departments.\nOne Hundred Branches and Agencies.\nTwenty-One Branches in British Columbia.\nCorrespondents Throughout the World.\nvfmonf   Deposits of $1.00 and upwards re-'\nETlMcffl   eeived   and   interest' paid  at the\nNo Delay in Withdrawing.\nmade and withdrawn bv mail.\nFullest particulars will gladly be given  by letter\nepos\njlles\nW. R. H. Prescott, Mgr. Alberni Branch.\nThe Arlington Hotel\ni\nE\nj\nLeading\nHotel on\nCoast.\nWest\nHeadquarters for Tourists,\nTimbes and Mining men.\nHot and Cold Baths, and\nall Modern Conveniences\nM. A. WARD,   - PROP.\nAlberni, B. C.\nEdward Hotel.\nDistrict of Clayoquot.\nTake notice that Theodore Lubbe, of Victoria,\nB. C\u201e intends to apply for permission to lease the\nfollow nig do imbed foreshore and tidal lands:\nCommencing at a post planted on or near the\nnorth west corner of Lot 77,. situate on Nahmint\nBay, Alberni Canal, thence 60 chains east more or\nless to low water mark, thence 50 south more or\nless to the north boundary of Lot 77, thence following the same westerly to point of commencement containing about 160 acres.\nThe lease applied for is for mill site and booming ground.\nTHEODORE LUBBE,     .\nWilliam Burdette Garrard, agent.\nDate. May 4, 1908. may9\nNEW ALBERNI\nLarge three story hotel just opened\nEverything new and of the best\nRATES REASONABLE.\n^H|   f *f\nji'*?.?^rnTH|\nm l] h 5  I M H1\nJ[^W \u25a0m^i, .11, JJal., i       va\u00a3          tu^^^tfHfl^^Rur\nJ. 5. ROLLIN,   -   Proprietor.\n Saturday, July 25. 1908\nALBERNI PIONEER NEWS\nPAGE  3\nNEWS GENERAL\nAND PERSONAL\nGeorge Forrest returned on   Tuesday\nfrom Bamfield.\nJ. McNeill returned on Tuesday from\nthe West Coast trail.\nE. R. Lake,   of Corvalis,   Ore.,  is a\nguest at the Arlington.\nR. F. Blandy, New Alberni, returned\non Tuesday from his Summer vacation.\nMiss Elizabeth Davie,   New Alberni,\nreturned on Tuesday from Victoria.\nMrs. J. Woods and  four children, of\nVictoria, are guests of Mrs. Redford.\nThe will be at least six entries for\nthe mile race to be run next Saturday\nevening.\nNOTICE.\nRe Malcolm Shaw, Deceased.\nWHEREAS an application has been\nmade to the Supreme Court of British\nColumbia on behalf of Mrs. Agnes\nErickson for leave to swear to the\ndeath of the above named Malcolm\nShaw.\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that\nby an order of the Honourable the\nChief Justice, made the 8th day of\nJuly, 1908, leave was granted to the\nsaid applicant to swear to the said\ndeath as occurring on the 21st day of\nApril, 1905, at the expiration of six\nweeks from the first publication of this\nnotice unless in the meantime proof is\nfurnished that the said Malcolm Shaw\nwas alile subsequently to the 21st day\nof April, 1905. Such proof may be\ngiven in writing to the District Registrar of the Supreme Court of British\nColumbia, at the Court House, Victoria, B. C.\nD. Stephenson, chief constable of the\nNanaimo district, was in Alberni last\nSaturday.\nMrs. G. Wilkerson and daughter\nFlorence, of Victoria, are guests of\nMrs. D. H. Riddell.\nH. H. Browne, C. E., has moved his\ntimber survey camp from Great Central to Sproat Lake.\nH. C. Rayson, government\nreturned last Saturday from a\nCape Scott and way ports.\nagent,\nvisit to\nMrs. (Capt.) Townsend and daughter\nOrma were passengers on the Tees on\nits latest trip up the coast.\nMrs. D. H.  Riddell,   accompanied by\nher three daughters, Margaret,   Nancy\n'\u2022 'and    Dorothy,   returned   on   Tuesday\nfrom Victoria.\nA consignment of pipe for the Alberni Water company arrived on Tuesday, and lines are now being laid for\nthe town service.\nNorman Spencer, of Bedford, Eng.,\nbrother of G. A. Spencer, of Alberni,\narrived from Victoria on the Tees on\nTuesday evening.\nC. Hoard, engineer in charge of construction on the Alberni extension of\nthe E. & N. railway, was in town on\nWednesday and Thursday.\nFrank Tuhten. E. Muling, and N. G.\nFoster, of Vancouver, were in town on\nMonday. They came from Nanaimo in\nMr. Tuhten's private motorcar.\nLook for Porritt's photo postcards at\nRiddell's, Waterhouse's, or at the\nStudio, Somas street, New Albern1.\nMr. Porritt will be at home till Aug. 15\nEd. Henderson, A. Gilles, F. Champion and Steve O'Hanley have returned from the head of Great Central\nLake where they were engaged in timber survey.\nCapt. Roberts, who had charge of C.\nA. Ellacott's contract to survey twenty\ntimber limits at the head of Great Central Lake for William Allen, completed\nthe work on Saturday last.\nWilliam Allen and Joseph Drinkwater left on Wednesday for the Big\nInterior mina. Mr. Allen will look at\nsome timber with a view to acquiring\nit, and Mr. Drinkwater will make a report on the trail.\nAt a meeting held in the Court House\non Tuesday evening for the purpose of\norganizing a gun club sixteen members\nwere enrolled. S. H. Toy was chairman, and Dr. Morgan secretary. It\nwas decided to defer the election of\nofficers until after the receipt of copies\nof rules and regulations of other gun\nclubs which the secretary was instructed to write for. The next meeting will\nbe held on a date to be announced by\nthe secretary, and the question of enlarging the scope of the club so as to\ninclude the fishing rod experts will be\ndiscussed.\nMINERAL ACT.\nCertificate of Improvements.\nNOTICE.\nEdith, Edith  No.   1,   and  Edith No. 2\nMineral Claims.\nSituate in the Clayoquot Mining\nDivision of Alberni District.\nWhere located\u2014About one mile westerly from the mouth of Elk river, head\nof Kennedy lake.\nTake Notice, that I, William J. Sutton, as agent for James Dunsmuir,\nFree Miner's Certificate No. B17359,\nand Rose Angeles Dawley, Free Miner's\nCertificate No. B91390, intend, 60 days\nfrom the date hereof, to apply to the\nMining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining\nCrown Grants of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action\nunder Section 37, must be commenced\nbefor the issuance of such Certificates\nof Improvements.\nDated this 23rd. day of May A. D.\n1908.\nWilliam J. Sutton.\nKeiser  Mineral Claim.\nSituate in the Clayoquot Mining\nDivision of Alberni District.\nWhere located\u2014About one mile and\na half westerly from the mouth of Elk\nriver, head of Kennedy lake.\nTake Notice, that I, William J. Sutton, as agent for James Dunsmuir,\nFree Miner's Certificate No. B17359,\nintend, 60 days from the date hereof,\nto apply to the Mining Recorder for a\nCertificate of Improvement, for the\npurpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of\nthe above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action\nunder Section 37, must be commenced\nbefore the issuance of such Certificate\nof Improvement.\nDated this 23rd. day of May A. D.\n1908.\nWilliam J. Sutton.\nLAND  ACT-ALBERNI  LAND\nDISTRICT\nDistrict of Rupert.\nTake notice  that A. B. Ross of Seattle,  Wash.,   occupation  lumberman,\nintends to apply for permission to lease\nthe following described land r\u2014 '\nCommencing  at a post  marked A. B.\nR. s. E. corner at a  point  about  three\nquarters of a mile south easterly  from\nthe mouth of  Ka-oo-winch Creek on\nKokshittle   Arm   at    Kyuquot  Sound,\nthence north and north westerly  along\nthe shore to a point one  quarter of a\nmile west from sa;d  creek  mouth  and\nthence to point of commencement.\nAlbert Burwell Ross,\nJ. O. Donahoo, agent.\nDate, May 13, 1908. may23\nLAND ACT.\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Clayoquot.\nTake notice that Edward Albert\nStevens, agent for Percy D. Hillis, of\nVictoria B. C, occupation real estate\nagent, intends to apply for permission\nto lease the following described land:\u2014\nCommencing at a post planted on the\nnorth shore of Race Narrows, about 40\nchains east of Bedwell Sound and 20\nchains west of an Indian village; thence\nnorth 40 chains, west 40 chains, south\n40 chains, thence along shore east to\npoint of commencement, containing 160\nacres more or less.\nEdward Albert Stevens.\nDate, May 12, 1908. may23\nLAND ACT.\nALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Rupert.\nTake notice that A. B. Ross of Seattle, Wash., occupation lumberman,\nintends to apply for permission to lease\nthe following described land:\u2014\nCommencing at a post marked A. B. R.\nS. W. corner at a point about one and a\nquarter miles south west from Village\nPoint in Kyuquot Sound, thence north\nand north easterly along the shore to\na point distant one half mile from initial\npost, and thence to point of commencement.\nAlbert Burwell Ross,\nJ. O. Donahoo, agent.\nDate, May 13, 1908. may23\nJob Printing and\nStationery.\nThe Pioneer News has Installed a\nJob Printing Plant of the most modern\nmaterial the Type Founders produce,\nand can deliver the goods.\n\u00bb\u00a9\u00a7##\u00a7#\u00bb\nI      Order Now\n#\nT\nI The Type is New\nI '0\n% <$\nLot 18, Sub-divided.\nOffers the best opportunities for investment or speculation.\nConsult\" any Alberni real estate agent\nwho knows good property.\nThe Nanaimo-Alberni trunk road runs\nthrough it.\nAdmirably situated and cannot fail to increase in value in the near future.\nTwenty minutes walk from town.\nFree from rock and objectionable features\nThe best of soil.\nBuy now before the next increase takes\nplace.   It is sure to occur.\nMcConnell & Taylor.\nVictoria Selling Agents.\n SATURDAY, JULY 25.  1908\nALBERNI PIONEER NEWS\nPage 4\nNew Goods In Stock.\nNew Suit Lengths of all Patterns\n1908 Summer Fashions.\nCorrect Fit Guaranteed.\nM. Campbell, Merchant Tailor\nMARGARET STREET, ALBERNI, B. C.\nCleaning and Pressing.     Alterations.     Orders Promptly Attended to\nThe Barclay Sound Cedar Co., Ltd.\nAll kinds of High Grade ann Dimension Lumber, Lath and Shingles.\nPlace orders through mail to office,\nt New Alberni.\nPrompt Delivery.\n$75 per Acre\nON  EASY TERMS.\nThree Five - Acre   Lots\nThree-quarters of a mile from  Alberni  Postoffice, on  Kitsucsis Creek.\nVery best of Timber and Land.\ning operations and the early occupation and cultivation of our logged-off\nareas is now the most vital factor in\nthe future and permanent development\nof Western Washington.\n\"We introduce an outline of a mechanical device calculated to reduce\ncosts and increase the savings in land-\nclearing operations. Explosives and\nsteam power are economically used and\nsavings of by-products are contemplated, which make use of nearly all material on the ground. Instead of moving stumps to the plant, we move the\nretort to the field, extract the chemicals, transport them to the plant, which\nwould then become a refinery. The\nsawmill attachement could be used to\ncut and prepare the lumber from small\ntimber and rejected logs left by the\nlumbermen; thus the waste timber\ncould be utilized for erecting small\nbuildings and fences.\n\"To remove the stump, first break it\nup with powder; then with donkey pull\nit out and haul the pieces to the retort, where they will be prepared by\nthe saw for charging the retorts. The\nrefuse that is poor in chemical values\ncan be used for fuel in the furnace.\nThe little saw can take care of any\ntimber left on the ground, and thus\ncan be utilized every particle of timber.\n\"Another important point worthy of\nconsideration is the preservation of\nthe natural fertility of the soil. The\ntimber is disposed of in such a manner as to avoid the destructive burning caused by the old method. Several\nyears and much cultivation are required to restore to its natural productiveness soil once burned by excessive heat.\n\"The cost of this portable plant, including all necessary paraphernalia for\nconcucting field operations, not including steam and pumping plant, should\nnot exceed $1,200. The operating labor\ncost would be about $8; amount of\nwood treated, about six cords, from\nwhich would be obtained 240 bushels\nof charcoal, valued at $20; 240 gallons\nof distillate, chiefly tar, with some second-grade turpentine, valued at $25.\nThis would give a nut return of $37 for\nour wood at the retort, or about $9 per\ncord.\"\nWATERHOUSE.\nThe Big Store,   New Alberni\nWe Cater to All Needs.\nGroceries, Flour and Feed,\nHardware, Tinware,\nEnamelled ware,\nDry Goods, Boots and Shoes.\nStationery, Fancy Goods,\nt\nGun Powder, Gasoline,\nStoves,  Paints,\nDrugs.\nApply to\nG. A. Spencer, Alberni\nTo Reduce Cost\nof Clearing Land\n(Continued From Page One.)\ned to Land-Clearing Operation,\" said\nin part:\n\"I have found it hard to obtain the\nactual conditions behind which these\nchemical woods products operations\nare conducted. The manufacture of\nturpentine has been the ch'ef causa of\nthe numerous attempts at wood distillation here. Great results have been\npromised by enthusiastic promoters of\nvarious schemes\u2014undoubtedly honest\nmen, most of them\u2014but whose experiments in the early developments of\ntheir various processes were on such\na small scale that some'of the factors\nessential to success were overlooked,\nuntil the process was develeped on . a\ncommercial basis; hence failure could\nbe the only result.\n' 'The factor generally overlooked and,\nby far, the most important, has been\nthe supply of wood suitable for the\neconomic production of turpentine.\nFrom my observations, corroborated\nby other disinterested person's, the\naverage yield of turpentine per cord\nof ordinary Douglas fir is about two\ngallons per cord; with extremely pithy\nwood, from seven to ten gallons\u2014at\nleast 30 per cent, less yield than is obtained from the long-leaved Southern\npine.\n\"We have seen that  there is a large\nproportion of turpentine in the Douglas fir, and that there is a market for\ncharcoal and \u2022 tar that might be produced. As an instance of the possibilities of tar consumption there are\non the Sound over 500 fish traps, the\nnets for which require in their annual\ntreatment hiore than 2,500 barrels of\ntar. This and other possible markets\nfor tar and charcoal are practically in\nhand from the outset.\n\"Here'n lies our hope of successfully\nturning our wood waste to commercial\nuse by distillation. Much the larger\npercentage of pitch in the tree is contained in the butt and roots, the stump\nleft by the logger, and it is our conviction that the highest possible returns from the chemical utilization of\nthe fir can be obtained from those\nstumps.\"\nCombination  Plant.\nGilbert B. Phelps, a mechanical engineer who has made land clearing a\nspecial study, presented with his paper\na drawing of a small combination\nplant. The plant consists of a combination donkey engine, sawmill and retort for clearing land and extracting\nchemicals from timber and stumps.\nMr. Phelps' paper in part, follows:\n\"An emergency exists today here in\nthe Puget sound section, where upward\nof 700,000 people have made their\nhomes in the timber, for even the cities\nare still in the densest growth of timber occuring on this continent.\n\"Better means and methods for accomplishing better headway, lower\ncosts, larger savings in our  land-clear-\nJ. Redford Replies.\nEditor Pioneer Mews:\nSir,\u2014Just a word in reply to J.\nDrinkwater. I am pleased to see that\nhe, like myself, has no time for newspaper champions. As the only fair\nway to judge retired athletes is by\ntheir past record, not by glaring newspaper challenges, and as the past records of Alberni athletics shows the\nprincipal winner to spell Bayne, not\n\u2022Drinkwater, and as I believe in giving\nhonor where honor is due; hence my\nletter appearing in your issue of the\nllth inst. I may as well state for J.\nDrinkwater's benefit that it was neither his dollars nor his ability that prevented me from accepting his challenge. That decision also is arrived' at\nafter scanning past records.\nThanking you for space accorded me,\nI remain, Sir,   Yours, etc.,\nJ. Redford.\nGOTO\nTERRY & MARETT\nFOR\nDrags, Fancy Goods, Brushes,\nMirrors,   Stationery,    Soaps,\nPatent Medicines, Magazines,\nNewspapers, etc., etc.\nOrders taken for Bicycles.\nSporting Goods, Musical  Instruments, Jewelry,\nIce Cream     Ice Cream Soda\nC. F. BISHOP\nFAMILY GROCER, BAKER\nAND CONFECTIONER.\nHome-made Currant, Pound,\nMaderia and Sultana Cakes.\nFresh Bread Every Day.\nFlour & Feed Store\nDentistry.\nThe office of Dr. D. E. Kerr, dentist,\nis located next door to the Royal Bank.\nThomson's General Store\nLAND   ACT.\nALBERNI LAND   DISTRICT.\nDistrict of Nootka.\nTake Notice that the Nootka Marble Quarries\nLimited, ot\"  Noutka district,   B.   C, occupation\nQuarry Company, intends to apply for permission\nto purchase the following- described lands:\nCommencing- at a post planted on the east shore\nof Deserted Creek Bay, on the northern boundary\nof Lot 8, Nootka district,   thence  along- the said\nnorthern boundary line easterly a  distance of 20\nchains, thence north at right ang-les 54 chains to a\npost standing- on the shore of a lake .on the north\nwestcorner of Lot 36, thence along the shore of\nthe said lake in a north  westerly direction and\ncrossing the outlet of the lake to the  mouth of a\ndry creek on the west end of the lake, thence following the said creek  in  a westerly direction a\ndistance of 50 chains more or less to a point where\nj an extension  of  the western  side line of Indian\nj Reserve No. 7 projected 45 cnains northerly more\ni or less would meet the said  creek,   thence along\nI said sideline southerly 45 chains more or less until\n; it meets the north west corner of said Indian Re-\n; serve  known  as  Hisnit,   thence east along the\nI north line of said reserve 10 chains to a stake on\nthe west shore of Deserted Creek Bay designated\nthe north east corner of said reserve, thence along\nthe shore of the head of said Deserted Creek Bay\nto initial post and containing 320 acres more or\nless, together with all the foreshore and land covered by water.\nDated June 23,1908,\nThe above property was located on the 23rd day\nof June, 1908.\nNOOTKA MARBLE QUARRIES LIMITED.\nJuly 18 Daniel O'Rourke, agent.\nJapanese China ware:\nNew Goods in Beautiful Designs suitable for Birthday and Wedding\npresents, comprising Tea Sets, Creams and Sugars, Jardineres, Fern\nPots, Photo Frames, etc.\nThe Preserving Season:\nSelf Sealers in all Sizes,   Economy Tops\nand Rubber Rings.\nSteamer For Hire\nThe trim and   speedy   little   steamship   Tasmanian  is   now ready to make\nspecial trips to all points on the canal and Barclay Sound.\nR. J. Burde, Agent,\nAlberni, B. C.\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Port Alberni (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Alberni_Pioneer_News_1908_07_25","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0441066","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.234444","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-124.805833","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"Alberni Pioneer News ran from 1907-08-17 to 1912-02-24. The name was changed to Port Alberni News starting 1912-03-02.","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Alberni, B.C. : R. J. Burde","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Copies provided by the Royal BC Museum and Archives ( https:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca ) may only be used for the purpose of research or private study, and any use of the copy for a purpose other than research or private study may require you to obtain the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1908-07-25 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1908-07-25 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"Alberni Pioneer News","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0441066"}